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Reading Time: 1 minute Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has sent a strong warning to the police to not to enter Okada Manila, an integrated resort in Paranaque City. The president said no uncertain words that he did not want to see a police car near Okada Manila unless for providing security. He threatened to serious […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The imminent opening up of Japan’s Integrated Resorts (IR) industry seems to have acted huge boost for the Nikkei Integrated Resort Forum, which was held at Grand Hyatt Tokyo recently. A number of gambling industry heavy weights attended the event. The event’s theme “Growth strategy borne by Japan’s IRs” was too […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The police in Macau has sought the help of web hosting companies to track down and close illegal gambling websites. The police so far has instruct ted the web hosting companies to close down 237 suspicious websites. Wong Sio Chak, Secretary for Security, said 130 of the websites have already been […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Lawrence Ho, Chairman and CEO of Melco Resorts and Entertainment, has raised his stakes in the company by about3 per cent. The company’s board has approved the repurchase of ordinary shares. The company’s latest filing to Nasdaq reealed the news. Now Ho, along with majority shareholder Melco International Development and Melco […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes LoveBet, a leading online betting company in Asia, has signed a deal with the premier French football club Paris Saint-Germain. With this deal, LoveBet has become the official online betting partner of the French League 1 champions in Asia. The betting company can now leverage the Neymar-led club’s increasing popularity in […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking government action against offshore betting websites that illegally operate in the country. “One of the alarming issues that has come to our attention is that many online gambling and betting websites operated by companies […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Malaysia’s Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Aziz Jamman has publicly conceded that the country has no effective way at present to completely block online gambling servers. He also acknowledges that the country has no effective mechanism to deal with about 700,000 dubious prepaid mobile phone accounts that may be used for […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Police in Malaysia have arrested five men and confiscated RM3.36 million (808,000 USD) at an apartment in Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur. The syndicate, which has been in operation for a year, is believed to have 20,000 registered users. All the arrested persons are Malaysian citizens, who are in their 20s. […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Casinos Austria International (CAI), the Austria-based casino group, has sprung a surprise by bidding for one of the three IR licenses in Japan. It is the 17th international IR operator entering the Japanese casino fray. CAI revealed that it had already established a Japan branch and hired its Japan president, Akio […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The police in Nepal have arrested 11 Indian citizens in connection with gambling in a private house in Western Nepal’s famous tourist hub of Pokhara. The police also confiscated Rs 9.74 million(around 117,040 EUR) cash from them. Nepal and India share a reportedly porous border. All arrested Indians, save for three […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The gaming division of Japan-based Konami Corp reported steady revenue compared to that of the previous year, but saw its profit surged by 28.4 per cent. Konami’s gaming division a revenue of $113.1 million this year, which marked just an increase of 1.2 per cent year on year. But the company […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The casino industry in the Chinese territory of Macau is bracing for a proposed ban of casino employees entering the casinos outside work hours. The bill is estimated to affect the movement of 54,000 staff members, including 46,000 workers and 8,000 junket operator employees. According to gaming expert Ricardo Chi Sen […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Chinese authorities have blocked some of the most popular poker mobile apps, including Poker King and Poker Tribe platforms, in its renewed bid to crack down online gambling. The Chinese government wants to have a firm control over online gambling sphere. Some estimates suggest that the online poker apps used […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Ministry of Finance has published official information about lottery sales in September in China. As per the report, Mainland lottery sales increased by 13.3 per cent year-on-year during last month’s operations. According to the report, the total lottery sales touched €5.2 billion in September. The results were fuelled by sports […]
Reading Time: 1 minute BBIN, a top-notch igaming software supplier in Asia, has announced its sponsorship of Theodore Racing at the 65th Macau Grand Prix. Theodore Racing is the winner of Formula 3 European Championship. Macau’s city streets will be closed for the smooth conduct of the grand prix on November 15–18. Some of the […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The police force in Phuket, Thailand, in association with the soldiers of Royal Thai Army has busted an illegal gambling ring, which led to the arrest of a 72-year-old man, who is known as the manager of the gambling ring. The forces raided a building located in Division 3 at the […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Sands Corp, the Las Vegas-based casino group is going to invest more $2bn in its Macau operation. The company is gearing up for its license renewal in the Chinese controlled territory. Company executives offered details of the investments in their third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. The majority of the investment would […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has affirmed his intent to suppress online gambling. “Pero ‘yung online-online bingo (But the online bingo), it will be suppressed, no gambling,” he said recently during an award ceremony. He labelled gambling as a magnet for many crimes, including kidnap-for-ransom and extortion. “Because gambling, look at […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The police in the Indian state of Odisha have arrested as many 500 persons for gambling during the celebrations of the festival Kumar Purnima. These were illegally and informally set up temporary gambling dens, catering the people in the festive mood. Police also seised three bikes, six mobile phones and cash […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hard Rock International has appointed Ado Machida as the new president of Hard Rock Japan. He has been working in Navigators Global LLC, a management consulting organisation specialising in strategic government relations, crisis management, and business development, where he advised Japanese and US manufacturers, financial services, and hi-tech firms looking to […]